Senior parents - how many applications this cycle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10 - all EA
Accepted- 3
waitlisted- 1
Deferred- 4
Denied- 2

This sounds like a great approach; you know so early!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If several kids from the same high school apply to 20+ schools, especially T30s, they will actually decrease their chances of admittance.

Yes, that is why the counselors at privates have traditionally told certain kids not to apply to certain schools…they may have key ones picked out for Big Donor children. The whole process stinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:24 Total
1 REA - Deferred
5 EA (Publics) - Accepted at all
3 UCs - Waiting
15 RD (7 IVY + 3 SLAC)

Because your kid loves the core at Columbia but also the open curriculum at Brown? The rural isolation of Dartmouth and the vibe of Cambridge? The intellectualism of Yale and the preprofessional focus at Penn? SMH

LOL. I am SMH too. If there were a reasonable chance of getting in where one really wanted to go, none of this would be an issue. But this is not the world we live in. Say you loved the open curriculum and did not get in Brown. What next? Drop all Ivies and go to Wesleyan? Maybe for some kids, but not my DC (sadly).

The kids at Wesleyan (and Amherst and Hamilton, etc.) are literally indistinguishable from the kids at Brown. As are the faculty.

Can you describe what type of kid fits this description?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4

3 targets
1 safety

Accepted to all 4, 3 with significant (and needed) merit, to date.

Only 'reach' (within DC's desired driving range & program of interest) might've been UVA. Counselors classified it as a 'target' but we disagreed and, regardless...DC had zero, zip, nada interest to attend.

Even now, DC will struggle to chose as they genuinely liked all four. And money can't be a factor because all are within a +/- 10% range of each other when upfront merit is considered (there may be more scholarships or FA later, but the former is way more likely than the latter).

So the angst goes on. The FAFSA debacle just extends an already fret-filled process.

Maybe you should start a thread and ask DCUM to help pick the winner!

[Anonymous]

One t10 super reach (Private) -> Accepted!
One t10 super reach (Public)
One t25 reach
Two t50 targets
One safety

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

IS non-flagships -- think CNU, JMU, VCU followed by schools like Longwood, MWU, ODU
OOS flagships -- think 'Bama, UK, USC, UTK, WVU
OOS non-flagships -- think East Carolina U, East Tennessee State U, Miami of Ohio
Privates -- think GMU, Howard, Hampton

Our DC's four are all listed above along with several others that were considered but DC ultimately chose not to apply to. UVA wasn't in the mix and neither Tech nor W&M had their program of interest as a focus.

OK. Thank you. Mine is looking at UVA & VT, along with Michigan, USC (Cali), UF & GA. They have been involved in a sport forever and want to be able to continue at the club level in college, but it's only available of the larger schools. A lot of non-flagships mean giving that up.

A lot of tough admits there (regardless of "stats"), with the only potential "likely" being VT--and that being likely only if DC has great grades, good+ rigor, and is applying for humanities or social sciences. Fortunately, you and DC have time to broaden your vision.

Maybe. I know the list will have to get bigger, but I don't see a 1000-1200 SAT state school or a small, PA LAC (which I went to - I like them) going on their list. Those just aren't the type of schools that get my kid excited.

Ah, the sweet smell of entitlement. It almost always ends painfully at some point. Maybe this time next year for your DC...

I don’t think it’s entitlement. There are so many kids that are told by their schools that they need to do XY&Z and then they can go to a certain level of school. Nobody’s talking about Harvard here. They’re also plenty of kids who never took the tough classes or worried about what grades they got. These two sets of kids should have different options.

If this is performance art, bravo!

[Anonymous]

I know someone who did 80. Huge topic of conversation at our small private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who did 80. Huge topic of conversation at our small private school.

How? Most colleges will only allow common app and you can only do 20 in the common app.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who did 80. Huge topic of conversation at our small private school.

How? Most colleges will only allow common app and you can only do 20 in the common app.

Coalition allows at least 20 more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If several kids from the same high school apply to 20+ schools, especially T30s, they will actually decrease their chances of admittance.

Yes, that is why the counselors at privates have traditionally told certain kids not to apply to certain schools…they may have key ones picked out for Big Donor children. The whole process stinks.

I prefer our private telling big donor kid to apply that ONE school and not gobble up 12 spots. And then letting others know which schools are less 'crowded' from our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

IS non-flagships -- think CNU, JMU, VCU followed by schools like Longwood, MWU, ODU
OOS flagships -- think 'Bama, UK, USC, UTK, WVU
OOS non-flagships -- think East Carolina U, East Tennessee State U, Miami of Ohio
Privates -- think GMU, Howard, Hampton

Our DC's four are all listed above along with several others that were considered but DC ultimately chose not to apply to. UVA wasn't in the mix and neither Tech nor W&M had their program of interest as a focus.

OK. Thank you. Mine is looking at UVA & VT, along with Michigan, USC (Cali), UF & GA. They have been involved in a sport forever and want to be able to continue at the club level in college, but it's only available of the larger schools. A lot of non-flagships mean giving that up.

A lot of tough admits there (regardless of "stats"), with the only potential "likely" being VT--and that being likely only if DC has great grades, good+ rigor, and is applying for humanities or social sciences. Fortunately, you and DC have time to broaden your vision.

Maybe. I know the list will have to get bigger, but I don't see a 1000-1200 SAT state school or a small, PA LAC (which I went to - I like them) going on their list. Those just aren't the type of schools that get my kid excited.

Ah, the sweet smell of entitlement. It almost always ends painfully at some point. Maybe this time next year for your DC...

Eh. It’s OK to believe in a meritocracy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

IS non-flagships -- think CNU, JMU, VCU followed by schools like Longwood, MWU, ODU
OOS flagships -- think 'Bama, UK, USC, UTK, WVU
OOS non-flagships -- think East Carolina U, East Tennessee State U, Miami of Ohio
Privates -- think GMU, Howard, Hampton

Our DC's four are all listed above along with several others that were considered but DC ultimately chose not to apply to. UVA wasn't in the mix and neither Tech nor W&M had their program of interest as a focus.

Would add VT and UMS yo IS non-flagships

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If several kids from the same high school apply to 20+ schools, especially T30s, they will actually decrease their chances of admittance.

Yes, that is why the counselors at privates have traditionally told certain kids not to apply to certain schools…they may have key ones picked out for Big Donor children. The whole process stinks.

I prefer our private telling big donor kid to apply that ONE school and not gobble up 12 spots. And then letting others know which schools are less 'crowded' from our school.

Yes, that’s how they usually handle it. Got a problem? Go to a different private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who did 80. Huge topic of conversation at our small private school.

How? Most colleges will only allow common app and you can only do 20 in the common app.

Coalition allows at least 20 more

There are a few black high schools in the south whose advisors mistakenly encourage this kind of thing to get public attention (black high school student accepted to 100 schools!) but the. The school sits back and realizes such behavior only hurts the cohorts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
For parents whose kids applied to fewer than 10, would you mind sharing what that list looked like? You don't have to out your kid. I'm just wondering what a smaller list would be since mine is already up to 14 for next year and they aren't even done looking at ideas.

IS non-flagships -- think CNU, JMU, VCU followed by schools like Longwood, MWU, ODU
OOS flagships -- think 'Bama, UK, USC, UTK, WVU
OOS non-flagships -- think East Carolina U, East Tennessee State U, Miami of Ohio
Privates -- think GMU, Howard, Hampton

Our DC's four are all listed above along with several others that were considered but DC ultimately chose not to apply to. UVA wasn't in the mix and neither Tech nor W&M had their program of interest as a focus.

Would add VT and UMS yo IS non-flagships

Sorry, we would’ve put VT in the flagship category (merely our opinion…kinda like NCSU/UNC or GT/UGA) but it didn’t really have the program(s) of interest. What is “UMS”?